1880Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932), litterateur, educationist, and social reformer, who played a pioneering role in awakening Muslim women, was born in Pairaband in Rangpur.Google | Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain Timeline

1927Brojen Das (1927-1998), first South Asian to swim across the English Channel, was born in Kuchiamora village of Bikrampur, Munshiganj.Google | Brojen Das Timeline

2014An oil tanker named Southern Star VII carrying more than 350,000 liters (92,500 gallons) of bunker oil sank on Shela River flowing through the Sundarbans after being hit by a cargo vessel.Google | Sundarbans Timeline